Hoisting and displaying device



P. LIGHT. HOISTING AND DISPLAYING DEVICE. APPLICATION men OCT. I. ma.

1,337,237, Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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P. LIGHT.

I HOISTING AND DISPLAYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1- I919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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PETER LIGHT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HOISTING AND DISPLAYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application filed October 1, 1919. Serial No. 327, 714.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER LIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Hoisting and Displaying Device, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hoisting devices and to flags,banners, signs or other display devices; and the objects of myimprovement are to provide an attractive sign for advertising purposesor the like, which will as nearly as possible be proof againstderangement by the wind, or moisture, ice, or other weathermanifestations, as well as by tampering; .and which will at the sametime be readily changed or renewed; and which will be readily kept inrepair. A further object is to provide secure and readily manipulatedmeans for supporting flags, pennants, streamers or the like, and forraising and lowering them; and which will keep such flags and the likein full display regardless of the direction of the wind. Other objectswill appear in the course of the ensuing description.

I attain these objects by t. device illustrated, for example, in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of theentire device; with a single sign or banner displayed;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the upper part only, with two opposite flagsor signs dis played, and also showing by dotted lines, how the devicedisplays two opposite triangular flags, streamers or pennants, or signsof this shape;

Fig. 3 is a partial plan view showing four equally distributed spars fordisplaying that many flags, signs, streamers of the like:

Fig. 4 is a partial side elevation of the lower part of the device, openfor raising or lowering the display, and indicating by the inclineddotted line the position of the cable when the lower housing is aconsiderable distance above the ground;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, enlarged, of an upper part of the device,showing one of the hangers and associated elements;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modification of theattachment of the fla banner, sign, streamer or the like;

ig. 7 is a sectional side elevation, en-

larged, with intermediate and lower end parts represented as broken awayand omitted, for lack of space;

Fig. 8 is a similar sectional'front elevation; and

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the staff, spar and associated parts, withintermediate parts of the staff represented as broken away and omitted,for lack of space.

As herein shown, and as I prefer to construct my invention, the mast orpole comprises the lower base section 1 and the middle section 2, joinedby a lower housing 8. These sections are preferably of iron pipe, thebase section being of larger diameter than the middle section and beingset in a suitable manner, preferably by the concrete setting 4, in theground (Fig. 1). The setting a may have a flat paving extension 5 allaround the pole as shown.

The base-section 1 may be of any desired length to support the housing 3any desired height above the ground, either at a height to beconveniently reached by standing on the ground, or at a greater height,to be reached by a portable ladder or the like. This housing 3 is like apipe-coupling, being threaded at its lower and upper ends. of sizes toreceive the. respective pole sc tions 1 and 2. In addition, itpreferably has the reinforcing bushings 6 and 7 screwed into enlargedthreaded parts of its ends and fitting tightly around the respectivepole sections 1 and 2 (Fig. 7). to prevent breaking at the pipe threads.

The front of this housing 3 has a door opening 8 with a door 9 having alower transverse hinge pin 10 on which it swings open downwardly,Preferably there is a flanged roller 11 journaled on the hinge pin 10 inthe middle of the hinge and exposed at the bottom of the door openingwhen the door 9 swings open. At the-upper end of the door opening 8 anear 12 projects forwardly, and the upper end of the door 9 has lugs 13that flank the ear 12 when the door 9 is closed, through which ear apadlock 14 may be secured in front of the lugs 13.

Just inside the door opening 8, the lower sheave 15 is journaied on atransverse pin 16 held in the opposite housing sides.

The middle pole section 2 extends up a desired distance, preferablybeing a full 1 sions 19,

pipe-length, as these pipes are obtained in the market, and there is atop pole-section 17, which may also be iron pipe, connected to the upperend of the middle section 2 by a. connecting head 18. This head 18 islike a pipe-coupling, screwed to the adjacent ends of the pole sections2 and 17 in the usual manner. As here shown, the top sec tion 17 is ofthesame diameter as the middle section 2; but it may be smaller, withthe ends of the head 18 threaded accordingly.

This head 18 has opposite lateral extenpreferably the full height andwidth of the head, with fiat faces.

The top housing 20 preferablytcomprises the bottom section 21 with abottom neck 22 threaded and screwed onto the upper end of the top polesection 17, and the top section 23 in the shape of a roof slanting downin four directions from its center and extending out over the lower orbottom section 21. The apex or center of the top section 23 may have anysuitable device such as the ornament 24 shown, ora weather vane or thelike.

These top-housing sections 21 and 23 are joined in a horizontal plane,sheaves 25 have their preferably integral spindles 26 the housing. Thesesheaves 25 are of such diameter and so positioned that their inner partsoverhang the interior of the hollow pole or mast, and their outer partsextend out a considerable distance at opposite sides of the exteriorthereof. The bottom section 21 l of the respective sheaves 25.Otherwise, this housing 20 completely inclose the sheaves 25; beingelongated transversely and having its partsinside next to the sheavescurved, to conform closely tothe sheaves.

The swivel head 28 surrounds the middle pole section 2 and is slidableup and down thereon between the lower housing 3 and the connecting head18. It preferably comprises a central nipple 29 with its lower endscrewed into a flange-disk 30 and its upper end screwing into a collar31. has opposite pairs of ears 32. Y The swivel hub 33 surrounds thenipple 29 between the lower disk 30 and the upper collar 31, by whichlatter it is held down on ball-bearings 34 on the disk 30. It has aseries of flat-faced bosses 35, in this example four in'number, facingin various directions, around its sides.

Links 36 have their lower parts pivoted between the respective oppositepairs of ears 32 of the .collar 31, and the upper ends of these linkshave secured to them respective cables 37, preferably by readilydetachable means, as the snap-hooks 38, as here shown. These cables 37pass up through the respective bottom opening 27 of the top housing 20,over the respective upper sheaves 25 therein which upper OurnaIed atopposite sides of' ms openings 27 under these outer sides This collar 31b .theh

tensions 19, and extend forwardly and rearwardly, each having at itsforward and rear end a respective hanger 42, paired with and extendingin toward the hanger 42 on the other yoke but spaced therefrom to allowample clearance for the respective link 36 and cable 37 to swing andtravel therebetween.

Each hanger 42 comprises a lower part 43 with its bottom 44 curvingupward and inward toward the pole or mast, to a relatively shortupwardly extending finger 45, and an upper longer finger 46 extendingupward and inward over the shorter finger 45 with its outer side forminga continuous upward inward curve 47 with the outer side of the lowerpart 43, which meets the curved bottom 44 in an extreme lower and outernose 48. The fingers 45 and 46 are spaced apart at their bases, leavinga crotch 49 between them; and the upper free ends of the fingers aresuitably rounded and are substantially end, a pin 50, which preferablyhas journaled on it, at opposite sides of the respective link, rollers51. apart for these pins and their rollers 51 to pass between thevyokes; but the hangers are so close together that their bottoms 44 wille engaged by the rollers 51 as the latter come up from of the fingers 46will be engaged by these rollers 51 as these come down from aboveangers. I

Thus, the bottoms 44 will guide these rollers 51 up over the shortfingers 45 and then the tension on the cables and links will swin theserollers out over the crotches 49. Then a slackening of the cables by theoperator allows the swivel head and hub to drop, with these rollers 51entering these crotches 49, so that the swivel parts are suspended onthe hangers 42 by their links 36, without any strain on the cables 37.

By pulling down on the cables 37 at the bottom of the device, drawingthe swivel parts up till the rollers 51 pass the upper below, and theouter sides The yokes 41 are far enough ends of the longer fingers 46,which have, during this movement, guided these rollers 51 inwardly, thetension will throw the rollers 51 out over the curved outer sides ofthese fingers 46, to travel down therealong and therefrom at the nose48, permitting the swivel parts to be lowered.

For these raising and lowering operations, a portable cable 52 issecured to the ring 39, temporarily, as by the snap-hook 53. This cable52 will pass up under the lower sheave 15 as the parts are lowered, andwill come out therefrom and be detached when the parts have been raisedand again caught in the hangers 12.

Each fiat-faced boss 35 is adapted to have secured to it, as by boltingor by the cap screws shown, a bracket 54, with a vertical openingthrough its outer end part 55, in which is a set screw 56 entering theopening. By this means, an upright staff 57 is clamped at any desiredheight on the swivel hub ()n the upper end of this staff 57 is thehinge-bracket 58 with an elongated channeled top. The spar 59 has oneend fixed in a hinge-piece 60 that has its bottom elongated and comingbetween the side members of the channeled top of the hingebracket 58,with a pivot pin 61 through all, of these near the end where the sparextends out. Near the other end of these parts are a plurality of holes62 in the bracket 58 and holes 63 in the piece 60, adapted to registervariously as the spar is swung up and down on the hinge thus formed, andto have a fastening pin 64 passed through the alined holes, whereby thespar 59 may be held horizontal as shown by the solid lines, or more orless inclined downward, as shown by the dotted lines, in Figs. 2 and 3.Also, with the fastening pin 64 left out, the spar 59 may be swung downalongside the staff 57. for storage and shippingof the device. The staff57 and spar 59 are preferably of metal tubing.

On the staff 57 and spar 59 are clips 65, to which the edges and cornersof the flag, banner. sign or the like may be tied or otherwise suitablysecured, as for instance the sign 66 of Fig. 1. or the flags 67 orpennants or streamers 68 of Fig. 2. There may be one or more suchcombinations of staffs and spars held on the swivel hub 33 as justdescribed, at its several sides; as the one in Fig. 1, two in Fig. 2, orfour in Fig. 3.

\Vhere two or four are carried, or other number evenly distributedaround the hub 33. they will balance. But where only one, or an unevenlydistributed plurality are carried. I prefer to provide the angle-bracket69. Thus. as seen in Figs. 1, 7 and 8, this bracket 69 has an uprightmember bolted or screwed to the fiat face of the boss 35 opposite to thesingle staff and spar, and a horizontal member extending under theflangedisk 30, with a ball-bearing 70 up against the under side of thedisk. This prevents tilting and binding of the swivel hub 33.

The collar 31 preferably has a skirt 71 over the swivel hub 33, allaround, and the latter similarly has a skirt 72 over the disk 30 and theball-bearings. Also, the hingepiece 60 is preferably provided withextensions 73 over the sides of the hinge-bracket 58. These skirts orextensions shed moisture away from the bearings which they cover, asdoes the top housing 20 from the upper sheaves 25 and their bearings,due to its shape as before described. This prevents disablement of thedevice by sleet or other ice accumulation.

In the modification of Fig. 6 the device differs merely in having thespar 59 hinged directly to the swivel hub 33 by a suitable hinge-bracket74, which may be adjustable, similar to the before described hinge parts58 and 60; and a weight-collar 75 slides freely up and down on themiddle pole-section 2 with an eye 76 to which is suitably attached thelower inner corner of the flag 67 or streamer 68, as the case may be,either of which latter has its upper edge secured to the spar 59' in themanner before described. The weight-collar keeps the inner edge of theflag, streamer or the like stretched down, and yields up with it as theflag or the like is blown by the wind. When the flag or the like islowered, it collapses as the weight-collar 75 first engages the lowerhousing 3 and the swivel parts then come down to the weight-collar.

It will be seen that when the spar of either example is held horizontal,it supports a quadrangular flag, banner, sign or the like; or wheninclined more or less, it supports triangular signs, streamers, pennantsor the like, of different proportions.

In any case, the flag, banner, streamer, pennant, sign or other articleof textile or other or limp material, is prevented from wrapping aroundthe staff, mast or pole, as is the disadvantage with such devices asthey are usually hung. By having the swivel mounting, so that the one ormore flags, signs or the like may revolve around the pole or mast underthe action of the wind blowing in varying directions, the flag, sign orthe like is blown out at all times under such conditions, as it wouldnot be with a spar along its upper edge and merely stationary on thepole or mast.

By having the staff adjustable up and down on the swivel hub, it may beaccommodated to different heights of flags, signs or the like, or maysupport the flag, sign or the like at different heights relative to themain supporting pole or mast. By having the spar adjustable to differentinclinations. it accommodates flags, signs or the like of differentshapes and proportions, or may be entirely folded down out of the way,as before alluded to.

By having these parts readily lowered and raised again by an operatorclose to the ground, their changing or renewal is made convenient; andby having them supported on the hangers, the cables are relieved of theconstant strain they would otherwise be subjected to, as with the cablesmerely secured at the lower part of the pole or mast. Also, the greaterparts of the cables are inclosed in the pole or mast, except when thedevice is lowered, and are thus protected from the weather. The exposedparts of the cables at the top are protected by the downward extensionsof the top housing; and all bearings are protected, as before described.The flanged roller 11 receives the temporary cable 52 during the raisingand lowering operations, when the lower housing 3 is somedistance abovethe ground, as it may be mounted if it is desired to raise its lockeddoor out of the ready reach of persons who might tamper with it. Theoperator then carries a small ladder, on which he reaches the door, thenstands on the ground, with the cable 52 running down as indicated by thedotted line in Fig. 4. He may use the ladder for reaching the spar forchanging the flags, signs or thelike. Where the spar is directly on theswivel hub, as in Fig. 6, it comes farther down, and may be more easilyreached.

With the cables connected to the links at their upper ends and to thering 39 at their lower ends by the snap-hooks or other readilydetachable connections, these cables are readily renewed; the new cablebeing pulled up through the top housing by means of the old one, ered,to the end of the old cable where it was connected to the link. For thispurpose, the snap-hooks should be small enough to pass through theopenings and around the upper sheaves, in the top housing;

The device may be used with advantage for advertising along countryroads and along railroads and other such places, as well as in anysituation where a flag or similar article requires more or less frequentraising and lowering or replacement or changing. It is amply protectedagainst tampering or theft by having its lowering cables locked out ofreach, and additionally so when the lock is high from the ground. Ifdesired, for greater convenience of the operator or caretaker, however,the lower housing 3 may be placed within easy reach, and the lock may bedepended upon to safeguard the device in the respects just noted.

Other modifications may occur in adapting the invention to various uses,or under different conditions, and therefore, while certainconstructional details are deemed preferable in connection with myinvention,

connected,owhile the device is low- 3 and I have shown and describedthese rather specifically in elucidating the construction and use of myinvention, as is required, I do not wish to be understood as beinglimited to such tion, but

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a pole element, a swivelelement rotatable around said pole element, upright means carried bysaid swivel element and adjustable up and down thereon, and laterallyextended means carried by said upright means.

2. In a device of the character described, a pole element, an elementslidable up and down on said pole element and guided by saidpoleelement, a cable supported on said pole element for hoisting andlowering said slidablev element, holding means for holding said slidableelement in an elevated position on said pole element and relieving saidcable precise showing and descripof strains exerted on said slidableelement,

and a display element carried by said slidable element.

3. In a device of the character described, a pole element, an elementslidable up and down on said pole element and guided by said poleelement, a cable supported on said pole element for hoisting andlowering said slidable element, holding means operatively engageable ordisengageable by virtue of tension of a cable, for holding said slidableelement in an elevated position on said pole element and relieving thehoisting and lowering cable of strains exerted on said slidable element,and a display element carried by said slidable element.

4.. In a device of the character described, a pole element, an elementslidable up and down on said pole element, means carried by saidslidable element to extend a limp, flag-like object laterally from saidpole element and maintain said object in' upright position,cable-supporting means on said pole element above said slidable element,a cable running over said cable-supporting means with parts extendingdown along said pole element, one of said parts being connected to saidslidable element, a hanger on said pole element between saidcable-supporting means and said slidable element, having an' upwardlyopening crotch, engaging means connected to said one of said parts ofsaid cable to swing therewith, and means for swinging said engagingmeans into and out of said crotch by virtue of the tension of saidcable.

5. In a device of the character described, a pole element, a swivelelement slidable up and down on and rotatable around said pole element,means carried by said swivel element to extend a limp, flag-like objectlaterally from said pole element and maintain means toward said doorwhere they are accessible through said door, the other part of therespective cables being connected to said slidable element, and atemporary cable detachably connected to the first mentioned parts ofsaid cables through said door.

13. In a device ofgthe character described, a pole element, an elementslidable-up and down on said pole element to extend a limp, flag-likeobject laterally from said pole element and maintain said object inupright position, oppositely laterally extended cable,- supporting meanson said pole element above said slidable element, cables running overthe respective supporting means with parts extending down along saidpole element, one of said parts of each cable being connected tosaidslidable element, hangers on said pole element above said slidableelement and under the respective cable supporting means, each having anupwardly opening crotch, engaging means connected to said parts of saidcables that are connected to said slidable means, to swing with saidparts, and means for swinging said engaging means into and out ofrespective ones of said crotches by virtue of the tension on therespective cables.

14. In a device of the character described, a pole element, a swivelhead slidable up and downon said pole element with a lower radiallyextended bearing element, a hub sur- .rounding said head and having areadily rotatable mounting against said head and on said bearingelement, whereby it is rotatable around said pole element, and meanscarried by said hub to extend a limp, flaglike object laterally fromsaid pole element and maintain said object in upright position.

15. In a device of the character described, a pole element, a swivelhead slidable up and down on said pole element with a lower radiallyextended bearing element, a hub surrounding said head and having areadily rotatable mounting against said head and on said bearingelement, whereby it is rotatable around said pole element,'supportingmeans carried by said hub to extend a limp, flaglike object laterallyfrom said pole element and maintain said object in upright posi tion,and an extension element on a side of said hub remote from saidsupporting means, extending under and having a readily rotatablemounting up against the under surface of said bearing element.

16. In a device of the character 'described, a pole element, cablesupporting means on an upper part of said pole element, a cable runningover said means with parts extending down along said pole element, anobject connected to one of said parts to be hoisted and lowered,

a hanger on said pole element between said cable-supportingmeans andsaid object, having an upwardly opening connected to said crotch,engaging means one of said parts of said cable to swing therewith, andmeans for swinging said engaging means into and out of said crotch byvirtue of the tension of said cable.

17. In a device of the character described, a tension element adapted toswing, and holding means comprising a short finger and a longer fingerinclined to said short finger, with a crotch between said fingers, and anosed part displaced at right angles to the general direction of saidtension element .from said crotch, and displaced longitudinally fromsaid crotch, on its side remote from said fingers, and engaging meansconnected to said tension element to swing therewith, said engagingmeans being guided by said nosed part along said shorter finger whenapproaching the nosed end of said holding means, into a position toswing opposite the open end of said crotch under the tension of saidtension element, whereby said engaging means enters said crotch uponslackening of said tension means, and said engaging means being guidedalon said longer finger, when drawn out 0 said crotch, into a positionto swing to the opposite side of said longer finger when it passes theend thereof, to be guided by said opposite side back over said nosedpart to a position for again being guided by said nosed part asaforesaid upon recurring approach thereto. 4

18. In a device of the character described, a holding means comprising ashort finger and a longer finger inclined to said short finger, with acrotch between said fingers, and a nosed part disposed at right anglesto the general direction of said fingers from said crotch, on its sideremote from said fingers.

19. In a device of the character described, a housing having means atits opposite ends for connecting it to respective tubes, whereby itforms a coupling for said tubes, and having a door opening at one side,a door having a hinged pin near one end of said housing on which saiddoor swings toward said end, and rotary means journaled on said hingepin and exposed at the adjacent end of said .door opening when said door1s swung open.

20. In a device of the character described, a tubular element, and aconnecting element having internal threads near one end, into which saidtubular element is screwed, said connecting element having additionalinternal threads in said end, of greater diameter than said tubularelement, and a reinforcing bushing screwed into these additionalCorrections in Letters Patent No. 1,337,237.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,337,237, granted April20, 1926, upon the application of Peter Light, of Cincinnati, Ohio, foran improvement in Hoisting and Displaying Devices, errors appear in theprinted specification requiring correction as follows: Page 6, line 102,claim 18, for the word disposed read displaced; same page, line 110,claim 19, for the Word hinged read hinge; and that the said LettersPatent should be read with these corrections therein that the same mayconform to-the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice,

Signed and sealed this 25th day of May, A. D., 1920.

[sEALJ M. H. COULSTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

